Lacing-eye.



PAfIENTED JAN. 31, 1905.

S. S. GOSSARD.

LAGING EYE APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1-904.

Patented January-31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SVAMUEL'S. GOSSARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAClNG-EYE.

' SPECIFICATION forrningpart-of Letters Patent No. 781,336, dated January 31, 1905.

' Application filed March 2,1904. Serial No. 196,198.

To all whont mayconeern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. GrossARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Eyes, of which'the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is toprovide an improved form of lacing-eye of simple and durable construction which will permit the lace to be freely drawnthrough same with but slightfrictionand wear on the lace.- I accomplish this object by the device shown in the accompanying drawings,.in wh ich Figure 1 is a plan of part of acorset-lacing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged .plan of one of the lacing-eyes. Fig.

- 3 is a section of the device shown iniFig. 2,

taken on the line 3 3. Fig. 4 is an underneath view of one of the lacing-eyes.

In the device shown the body of the eye is I stamped out of sheet metal to form the spherrivet 6.

around the ball 7 and is stamped of suitable sition of the wearer.

oidal ball-retaining part 1 and the shanks 2,, which are separated to form theeye at 3 and lie flat against each other at 4:, where same are connected to the stay 5'by meansof the The spheroidal part 1 is formed size to' permit said ball to freely revolve within the part 1. The lace 8 passes through the eye at 3 and bearsmainly against the ball 7 which revolves when the lace is drawn along through the eye. as would be the case in tightening up or loosening the lacing shown in Fig. l or in shifting same through the eyes, as is done through c'hangesin the po- The shanks of the eye are bent together in the form shown before attachment to the stays 5 or the other article to which it may be desired to 'attach said eyes. The eyes may therefore be completed before attachment with the parts, bent into suitable form to properly retain the balls and permit free rotation of same.

It will be understood that said eyes may be 45 used in connection with other forms of lacings as well as the corset-lacing shown. The eyes are preferably attached alternately, as shown invFig. 1, so as to give a free lead to the lace.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 A lacing-eye comprising a ball, a piece of sheet metal bent upon itself and having its bent part expanded to form a spheroidal. shell loosely fitting around and adapted to retain said ball, said shell being partly open at one I side to permit the lace to bear on the ball, and

one of the ends of said piece being extended to form a shank, substantially as described.

2. A lacing-eye comprising-a ball, a piece of sheet metal bent'upon itself and having its bent part expanded to form a spheroidal shell loosely fitting around and adapted to retain said ball, said shell being partly open at one side to permit'the lace to bear on the ball, and the ends of said piece being brought together to form an eye at the open part of the shell and being extended to form a shank, substantially as described. v

3.A lacing eye comprising a ball, a piece of sheet metal bent upon itself and having its bent part expanded to form a spheroidal shell loosely fitting around the ball and being partly open atone-side. one end of said piece being extended to form a shank at the open side of the shell, and the expanded part curved laterally around the ball and serving as a web for bracing the bend in said piece and retaining the ball, substantially as described.

@Signed at'Chicagofthis 27th day of Febru- 'ary,.-1904:.

EDOUARDJONES,' Y WM. J. KIRK. 

